It is said amang the Adyghe fowk o Sirie that the toun o Qardaha wis actually foondit bi Circassie fowk durin the time o the Mameluke warrior Sultan Kanchow Al Ghouri. Evidence for this can be seen bi the lairge number o Circassies that live in the toun an the entire An-Nusayriyah Muntains region. There is even a street namit Cherkess Street as well as a lairge faimily o the same name.